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To: Gottfried who wrote (21643)	8/7/2001 7:46:50 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

Is there a program that can overwrite a single file with nonsense data? Norton Wipeinfo From Norton Utilities help file: "Norton WipeInfo has two choices for wiping. Fast Wipe writes the value 0, or any other value you choose, to replace the data being wiped. Government Wipe is a 7-pass procedure that conforms to the Sanitization procedure specified in DoD (Department of Defense) document 5220-22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual. The steps for a Government Wipe are as follows: 1 The data is overwritten with all 0s, and then overwritten by all 1s. 2 The first step is repeated as many times as you like. 3 Then a random value, or any other value you choose from 0 to 255, is written. 4 The value written is verified to insure that it was written correctly. 5 The entire process is repeated as many times as you like. To be certain that you wipe everything off your hard disk, be sure to empty the Recycle Bin first. Note: Windows Me System Restore can restore files that have been wiped if they are one of the protected file types. By default, many document types, such as .DOC and .XLS files in My Documents are protected. Windows Me System Restore maintains a copy of protected files. Wiping the original file does not wipe the copy that Windows Me System Restore maintains. © 1999-2000 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved." To wipe deleted files you wipe free space instead of choosing a file or folder. tc